Rapid growth without financial visibility
Office of the CFO
CFO & Performance Advisory
Senior financial leadership that gives owners, boards and management a reliable view of performance, liquidity and the decisions ahead.
The challenge
Turning financial information into a decision that can be defended.
Many organisations have an accounting function but still lack decision-ready financial information. Reports arrive late, cash requirements are unclear, budgets are disconnected from operations and management spends too much time debating the numbers rather than acting on them.
ASCENT works alongside leadership and the existing finance team to establish control, improve visibility and convert financial information into practical management action. The mandate is tailored: a focused diagnostic, a transformation programme or retained strategic support.
Questions we help answer
01
What is actually driving profitability and cash generation?
02
How much liquidity and funding headroom do we have?
03
Which products, segments or projects create or destroy value?
04
What information should management and the board review regularly?
Scope of support
What we do
The exact workplan is agreed after an initial review of the decision, information available and stakeholder requirements.
- Financial diagnostic and quality-of-information review
- Management accounts and reporting architecture
- Cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning
- Budgeting, reforecasting and variance analysis
- KPI, profitability and segment-performance frameworks
- Working-capital and treasury improvement
- Finance function roles, controls and capability development
- Board and executive financial decision support
Tangible outputs
Typical deliverables
Every engagement is anchored in agreed outputs, ownership and review points.
- Diagnostic findings and prioritised action plan
- Integrated budget or forecast model
- Management reporting and KPI pack
- 13-week or medium-term cash forecast
- Finance-function roadmap and control matrix
- Board-ready financial narrative and recommendations
When to involve us
Typical client situations
Transition between finance leaders
Unreliable or fragmented management reporting
Cash pressure or working-capital deterioration
A board requiring stronger performance oversight
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We will help frame the issue, determine the evidence required and propose the right engagement structure.
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